the UN has, especially in the case of iraq and saddam hussein, proven to be a weak and impotent organization, but they can do one thing pretty well(besides hold meetings): peacekeeping. let’s see if they get off their asses and go in to help out. this is from the iraqi foreign minister:

“The UN as an organisation failed to help rescue the Iraqi people from a murderous tyranny of 35 years,” he said. “The UN must not fail the Iraqi people again.”